odious

odious
I adjective abject, abominable, accursed, annoying, base, beastly, blameworthy, coarse, confounded, contemptible, corrupt, cursed, damnable, despicable, detestable, diabolic, dirty, disagreeable, disgraceful, disgusting, displeasing, evil, execrable, forbidding, foul, frightening, fulsome, grotesque, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, infernal, insufferable, intolerable, invidiosus, invidious, invisus, loathsome, low, mean, monstrous, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, odiosus, offensive, rank, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, scurvy, shocking, sickening, sinister, tainted, ugly, unbearable, unendurable, unlovable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpopular, unworthy, vile, vulgar II index antipathetic (distasteful), bad (offensive), base (bad), blameworthy, contemptible, disgraceful, disreputable, gross (flagrant), heinous, invidious, libelous, loathsome, nefarious, notorious, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive (offending), outrageous, reprehensible, repugnant (exciting aversion), repulsive, scandalous, sordid

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


odious
adj. Disgusting, disgraceful, hateful, vile, loathsome, scandalous.
See also odium.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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  • Odious — O di*ous, a. [L. odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. F. odieux. See {Odium}.] 1. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice. All wickedness will be most odious. Sprat. [1913 Webster] He rendered himself odious to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • odious — (adj.) late 14c., from Anglo Fr. odious, from O.Fr. odieus (late 14c., Mod.Fr. odieux), from L. odiosus hateful, offensive, unpleasant, from odium hatred (see ODIUM (Cf. odium)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • odious — *hateful, abhorrent, abominable, detestable Analogous words: *repugnant, repellent, distasteful, obnoxious: *offensive, loathsome, repulsive, revolting …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • odious — [adj] hateful, horrible abhorrent, abominable, creepy*, detestable, disgusting, execrable, foul, hateable, horrid, loathsome, mean, obnoxious, offensive, ornery, pain in the neck*, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unpleasant, vile;… …   New thesaurus

  • odious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely unpleasant; repulsive. DERIVATIVES odiously adverb odiousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin odium hatred …   English terms dictionary

  • odious — [ō′dē əs] adj. [OFr odieus < L odiosus < odium, hatred: see ODIUM] arousing or deserving hatred or loathing; disgusting; offensive SYN. HATEFUL odiously adv. odiousness n …   English World dictionary

  • odious — [[t]o͟ʊdiəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe people or things as odious, you think that they are extremely unpleasant. Herr Schmidt is certainly the most odious man I have ever met... The judge described the crime as odious …   English dictionary

  • odious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin odiosus, from odium Date: 14th century arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance ; hateful < an odious crime > < a false and odious comparison > • odiously adverb • odiousness n …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • odious — adj. odious to * * * [ əʊdɪəs] odious to …   Combinatory dictionary

  • odious — adjective the odious procedures of the military government the dumpsite was especially odious in summer Syn: revolting, repulsive, repellent, repugnant, disgusting, offensive, objectionable, vile, foul, abhorrent, loathsome, nauseating, sickening …   Thesaurus of popular words

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